Guard for cooking utensils.



No.849,228. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

' M. K. GIESSEL.

GUARDFOR COOKING UTENSILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 19.1906.

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MARGRET K. GIESSEL, OF WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

GUARD FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed March 19,1906. Serial No. 306,927.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGRET K. GIEssEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at apakoneta, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Cooking Utensils; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction in a shield or guard for cooking utensils, and particularly skillets, to prevent spattering of the grease upon the stove and onto and into adjacent cooking utensils, the object being to provide a simple efiicient device of this character, and consists in the features of construction hereinafter fully described and I claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a guard or shield constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the same disposed upon a skillet, the latter being also shown in section. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view in elevation of a supporting-hook adapted to be secured to the guard.

W'hile cooking, and particularly frying, a great deal of difliculty is experienced by reason of the fact that the grease bespatters and soils the stove and surrounding utensils and frequently also finds its way into adj acent utensils, where its presence is apt to add a disagreeable and undesired flavor. It is usually desirable to avoid this if possible, and to this end covers are frequently placed upon the skillets, but this is objectionable, for the reason that the heat is greatly increased and the progress of cooking cannot be readily watched. Covers are also objectionable, for the reason that the contents of the skillet when covered are cooked instead of fried. To overcome these difliculties and objections, I provide a shield or a guard A, which consists of a truncated cone of sheet metal, the lower end of which is slightly less in diameter than the skillet upon which it is adapted to be used and the mouth of which is elliptical and disposed on an incline. The wall of said guard A varies in width, the rear portion thereof (indicated at B) being of the greatest width and the forward portion (indicated at O) of the least width. The said portion B of said wall is preferably substantially vertically disposed, while said forward portion O is disposed almost horizontallythat is, at a relatively slight incline-so as to afford ready access to the skillet and its contents from this point.

The said guard or shield can be made of one or more pieces of sheet metal, seamed or riveted together, and the upper and lower' edges thereof are overturned and reinforced by inserting a wire therein.

The forward portion O of said guard is adapted to rest directly upon the upper edge of said skillet, the rear portion thereof being supported by means of clips or projections secured to said shield or guard adjacent said rearmost portion B and on opposite sides of the latter. The said clips or projections E are preferably made of relatively light ductile sheet metal which may be readily bent by any woman and extended as desired to fit larger skillets than the exact size for which the device may be intended. It will be noted, however, that by reason of the shape of the guard or shield the same will readily fit various sizes of skillets, the smallest size being determined by the diameter of the opening in the lower end of said guard or shield. The said clips or projections E are preferably secured to said shield by providing the latter with parallel substantially vertically disposed. slots which the ears F of said clip E are adapted to enter, the latter being to this end first bent to extend at right angles to the body of the clip and after insertion through said slots bent over again, preferably outwardly, thus securing the clip in place.

It will be noted that the side portions of the wall of the shield are disposed at only a slight incline from vertical, so that the device is thus prevented from occupying more space than is necessary.

I claim as my invention- 1. A guard for cooking utensils comprising a truncated cone of sheet metal, the lower end of which is circular and of slightly less diameter than the cooking utensil on which it is adapted to be mounted, the mouth of said guard being elliptical and disposed on an incline, the wall of said guard being of varying width and the wider portions thereof substantially vertically disposed and the narrowest portion being disposed at a slight incline to horizontal and supported upon the edge of the cooking utensil, and projections secured to the wider portion of said guard and adapted to engage the edge of the cookin utensil to support said wider portion of sai guard thereon, said projections being composed of ductile sheet metal and provided with ears adapted to enter slots in the wall of said guard and be bent over to secure said projections.

2. A guard for cooking utensils comprising a truncated cone of sheet metal, the lower end of which is circular and of slightly less diameter than the cooking utensil on which it is adapted to be mounted, the mouth of said guard being elliptical and disposed on an incline, the wall of said guard being of varying width and the wider portions thereof substantially Vertically disposed and the narrowest portion being disposed at a slight incline to horizontal and supported upon the edge of the cooking utensil, and projections secured to the wider portion of said guard and adapted to engage the edge of the cook ing utensil to support said wider portion of said guard thereon, said projections being composed of ductile sheet metal and provided with ears adapted to enter slots in the wall of said guard and be bent over to secure said projections, said guard being reinforced in its edges by means of Wires disposed therein.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARGRET K. GIESSEL.

Witnesses:

J. H. GoEKE, M. O. SI-IAUKLIN. 

